Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Summary:

Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is a public elementary school in Parsippany, New Jersey, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. While the district is ranked 109 out of 615 school districts in New Jersey and has a 4-star rating, Rockaway Meadow faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to nearby schools and a decline in its statewide ranking.

Rockaway Meadow has a relatively diverse student population, with a mix of White (35.48%), Asian (34.68%), Hispanic (26.21%), and African American (2.82%) students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by NJSLA/PARCC assessments, is generally lower than the district and state averages, especially in Mathematics and Science. For example, in 2022-2023, only 42.1% of 5th-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the district's 67.1% and the state's 40.1%. Rockaway Meadow's statewide ranking among New Jersey elementary schools has also declined over the years, from a high of 209 out of 1,352 schools in 2016-2017 to 544 out of 1,342 schools in 2022-2023.

Interestingly, Rockaway Meadow's performance varies significantly among different student subgroups. While the school ranks highly for English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, it ranks much lower for Asian, White, and Hispanic students. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.3% in 2016-2017 to 22.2% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the district and state averages. These challenges suggest the need for targeted interventions and support to address the achievement gaps and improve student outcomes at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School.


Detail:

Public K-5

 160 Edwards Road
       Parsippany, NJ  07054-2205


(973) 263-7308

District: Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
544th of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,440 Help


Students who attend Rockaway Meadow Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Central Middle School
High:    Parsippany High School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.4 Help
Number of students:  248

Racial breakdown:

White:
35.5%
Asian:
34.7%
Hispanic:
26.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  27% Help


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Compare Details Rockaway Meadow Elementary School ranks better than 59.5% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks last among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.99. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Rockaway Meadow Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. Student population at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (35.5%), Asian (34.7%), Hispanic (26.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 27% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is 9.4, which is the lowest among 10 elementary schools in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School is $15,440, which is the 2nd highest among 10 elementary schools in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Rockaway Meadow Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Rockaway Meadow Elementary School 544th of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Rockaway Meadow Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District 109th of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 74.65 362nd 1204 69.9%
2004 61.82 634th 1298 51.2%
2005 71.43 430th 1303 67.0%
2006 75.29 337th 1314 74.4%
2007 76.65 243rd 1329 81.7%
2008 72.60 408th 1338 69.5%
2009 71.50 431st 1346 68.0%
2010 63.58 598th 1354 55.8%
2011 63.52 617th 1360 54.6%
2012 65.39 586th 1363 57.0%
2013 72.19 439th 1367 67.9%
2014 79.63 257th 1363 81.1%
2015 83.60 218th 1357 83.9%
2016 79.67 271st 1346 79.9%
2017 83.25 209th 1352 84.5%
2018 72.64 413th 1353 69.5%
2019 69.87 452nd 1360 66.8%
2021 57.52 489th 1317 62.9%
2022 62.86 519th 1345 61.4%
2023 59.99 544th 1342 59.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 60.01 94th 411 77.1%
2022 62.99 115th 489 76.5%
2023 76.43 95th 499 81.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.23 111th 1001 88.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.63 94th 942 90.0%
2019 83.97 82nd 948 91.4%
2022 88.77 57th 863 93.4%
2023 60.77 270th 910 70.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.14 389th 1333 70.8%
2019 71.68 394th 1331 70.4%
2021 58.10 484th 1290 62.5%
2022 57.20 570th 1326 57.0%
2023 61.97 509th 1318 61.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.05 444th 1334 66.7%
2019 67.11 458th 1335 65.7%
2021 56.66 485th 1297 62.6%
2022 65.89 444th 1324 66.5%
2023 57.55 557th 1315 57.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.70 220th 370 40.5%
2019 17.52 298th 370 19.5%
2021 30.14 265th 339 21.8%
2022 8.17 301st 348 13.5%
2023 43.62 210th 346 39.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.89 77th 870 91.1%
2019 86.33 85th 899 90.5%
2021 68.61 183rd 896 79.6%
2022 85.71 96th 953 89.9%
2023 56.77 358th 982 63.5%
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Rank History for White students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.21 394th 1022 61.4%
2019 51.12 515th 1023 49.7%
2021 32.01 704th 964 27.0%
2022 45.05 557th 976 42.9%
2023 23.39 786th 975 19.4%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 251 9 53 5 0 n/a n/a 0 318
1989 232 5 55 6 0 n/a n/a 0 298
1990 250 8 47 11 0 n/a n/a 0 316
1991 248 6 72 4 0 n/a n/a 0 330
1992 256 10 67 6 2 n/a n/a 0 341
1993 268 8 61 9 2 n/a n/a 0 348
1994 273 7 60 9 1 n/a n/a 0 350
1995 279 15 73 15 1 n/a n/a 0 383
1996 279 15 73 15 1 n/a n/a 0 383
1998 263 15 102 18 0 n/a n/a 0 398
1999 250 6 81 20 0 n/a n/a 0 357
2000 230 10 82 15 0 n/a n/a 0 337
2001 228 14 85 23 1 n/a n/a 0 351
2002 218 17 103 21 0 n/a n/a 0 359
2003 218 17 103 21 0 n/a n/a 0 359
2004 200 13 74 20 0 n/a n/a 0 307
2005 185 13 76 25 0 n/a n/a 0 299
2006 172 14 78 28 0 n/a n/a 0 292
2007 169 22 85 35 0 n/a n/a 0 311
2008 135 16 82 31 0 n/a n/a 0 264
2009 142 14 81 33 0 0 16 0 286
2010 132 11 81 34 0 0 9 0 267
2011 141 7 91 30 1 0 7 0 277
2012 132 7 81 37 0 0 10 0 267
2013 122 8 77 30 0 0 10 0 247
2014 111 7 81 35 0 0 12 0 246
2015 113 8 79 38 0 0 12 0 250
2016 106 5 82 37 0 0 13 0 243
2017 105 5 84 41 0 0 10 0 245
2018 99 7 72 46 0 0 4 0 228
2019 102 10 78 65 0 1 1 0 257
2020 107 9 87 64 0 0 1 0 268
2021 94 10 98 62 0 0 2 0 266
2022 90 10 88 67 0 0 3 0 258
2023 88 7 86 65 0 0 2 0 248

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 318 18.0 17.6 n/a
1989 298 18.0 16.5 n/a
1990 316 20.0 15.8 0.9
1991 330 20.0 16.5 0.9
1992 341 20.0 17.0 2.9
1993 348 21.5 16.2 2.3
1994 350 20.0 17.5 2
1995 383 21.0 18.2 5.7
1996 383 21.0 18.2 5.7
1998 398 21.0 19.0 4.5
1999 357 21.0 17.0 3.1
2000 337 21.5 15.7 6.5
2001 351 21.8 16.1 9.7
2002 359 23.0 15.6 6.1
2003 359 23.0 15.6 6.1
2004 307 21.5 14.3 7.2
2005 299 19.5 15.3 n/a
2006 292 20.5 14.2 10.6
2007 311 21.0 14.8 12.9
2008 264 13.0 20.3 13.6
2009 286 29.7 8.2 13.6
2010 267 15.0 17.8 15.7
2011 277 14.0 19.7 14.4
2012 267 21.3 12.4 21
2013 247 22.4 11.0 18.6
2014 246 19.9 12.3 22.8
2015 250 21.0 11.9 22
2016 243 24.0 10.1 23.5
2017 245 24.8 9.8 20.8
2018 228 22.7 10.0 24.6
2019 257 25.7 10.0 25.3
2020 268 25.7 10.4 27.2
2021 266 26.7 9.9 27.8
2022 258 26.3 9.7 19
2023 248 26.2 9.4 27

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 318 18.0 17.6 n/a
1989 298 18.0 16.5 n/a
1990 316 20.0 15.8 0.9
1991 330 20.0 16.5 0.9
1992 341 20.0 17.0 2.9
1993 348 21.5 16.2 2.3
1994 350 20.0 17.5 2
1995 383 21.0 18.2 5.7
1996 383 21.0 18.2 5.7
1998 398 21.0 19.0 4.5
1999 357 21.0 17.0 3.1
2000 337 21.5 15.7 6.5
2001 351 21.8 16.1 9.7
2002 359 23.0 15.6 6.1
2003 359 23.0 15.6 6.1
2004 307 21.5 14.3 7.2
2005 299 19.5 15.3 n/a
2006 292 20.5 14.2 10.6
2007 311 21.0 14.8 12.9
2008 264 13.0 20.3 13.6
2009 286 29.7 8.2 13.6
2010 267 15.0 17.8 15.7
2011 277 14.0 19.7 14.4
2012 267 21.3 12.4 21
2013 247 22.4 11.0 18.6
2014 246 19.9 12.3 22.8
2015 250 21.0 11.9 22
2016 243 24.0 10.1 23.5
2017 245 24.8 9.8 20.8
2018 228 22.7 10.0 24.6
2019 257 25.7 10.0 25.3
2020 268 25.7 10.4 27.2
2021 266 26.7 9.9 27.8
2022 258 26.3 9.7 19
2023 248 26.2 9.4 27

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $255 (1.7%) $15,185 (98.3%) $15,440

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Rockaway Meadow Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 452nd of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 544th of 1342 Elementary schools
 7.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Rockaway Meadow Elementary School)55.847.4
 8.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)65.770.6
 4.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Rockaway Meadow Elementary School)62.963.2
 0.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)75.475.3
 0.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Rockaway Meadow Elementary School)6460.5
 3.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)75.475.5
 0.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Rockaway Meadow Elementary School)70.666.6
 4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)73.774.1
 0.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Rockaway Meadow Elementary School)69.851.4
 18.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)76.974
 2.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Rockaway Meadow Elementary School)62.842.1
 20.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)68.967.1
 1.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students257248
 3.5%
African American107
 30%
American Indian00
Asian7886
 10.3%
Hispanic6565
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White10288
 13.7%
Two or More Races12
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.3%27%
 1.7%


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Students who attend Rockaway Meadow Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Central Middle School
High : Parsippany High School

Rockaway Meadow Elementary School ranks 544th of 1342 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Rockaway Meadow Elementary School are 35% White, 35% Asian, 26% Hispanic, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 248 students attended Rockaway Meadow Elementary School.


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